Michael Bennison trial stopped over ‘lost’ DNA evidence – BBC News
“The trial of a man for the attempted murder of a woman in York has been abandoned after DNA evidence was lost.”
BBC News, 9th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: wounding
Mark Bridger prison attack: Inmate’s life sentence doubled for slashing April Jones killer in attempt to make him reveal where her body is hidden – The Independent
“A prisoner has had his life sentence doubled after he slashed child killer Mark Bridger from temple to chin, severing an artery, in an attempt to get him to reveal where April Jones’s body was hidden.”
The Independent, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Birmingham man Vishar Jain jailed for stamping on boy’s head – BBC News
“A computer engineer from Birmingham has been jailed for nine years for an attack in which he stamped on the head of his partner’s four-year-old son.”
BBC News, 7th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gang guilty of Indian Lt-Gen Kuldeep Singh Brar attack – BBC News
“A Sikh gang has been convicted of slashing a retired Indian general’s throat in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 31st July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail term for Broad Street head stamp attacker Piara Purewal – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for more than seven years after admitting stamping 10 times on a teenager’s head in Birmingham city centre.”
BBC News, 27th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Peterborough rapist John Hinton jailed indefinitely – BBC News
“A man who raped a 15-year-old girl and assaulted three other women within the
space of four hours has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 25th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for slashing women in Hounslow – BBC News
“A man who slashed two women in separate random attacks in west London has been jailed for 18 years.”
BBC News, 12th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rochdale nightclub death: Twelve jailed over John Lee Barrett killing – BBC News
“Twelve men have been jailed over the death of a man at a Rochdale nightclub in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2011.”
BBC News, 26th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father jailed for biting off love rival’s finger at Nativity play – Daily Telegraph
“A father-of-three who bit part of the finger off a love rival in a brawl at a children’s school Nativity play has been jailed for 11 months.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Connor Hodgson detained for Stockton attack on girl, 10 – BBC News
“A teenager who throttled, punched and kicked a 10-year-old Teesside girl might never be released back into the community, a judge has said.”
BBC News, 27th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Witham babysitter jailed for biting and scalding boy – BBC News
“A babysitter who pinched, bit, strangled and scalded a three-year-old boy has been jailed for nine years.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inmate Kevan Thakrar cleared over prison guards attack – BBC News
“A man serving life for three murders has been cleared over a prison attack in which he stabbed three guards.”
BBC News, 9th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Coventry man Mark Deeley cleared over dog stabbing – BBC News
“A man who stabbed a neighbour’s dog to death as it attacked his pet Labrador has been cleared of acting unlawfully.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenager jailed for Ilfracombe holidaymaker pier attack – BBC News
“A man who threw a holidaymaker off a pier at Ilfracombe, Devon, has been given four years in a young offenders’ institution.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail for ‘butcher’ knife attack in Hoddesdon – BBC News
“A man who slashed his ex-girlfriend’s face like a ‘butcher cutting open a carcass’ has been given an indeterminate prison sentence.”
BBC News, 11th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
George Davis in court 40 years after robbery that sent him to jail – The Guardian
“Judges will finally decide whether ‘George Davis Is Innocent OK’ as they look again at notorious miscarriage of justice case.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Srebrenica general’s attackers get life for revenge stabbing in prison – The Guardian
“Three convicted killers have been given concurrent life sentences for a revenge attack on a former Bosnian Serb general in a British high-security jail.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Penwithick man who shot teenager cleared of wounding – BBC News
“A man who shot a boy in the neck with an air rifle has been cleared of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawful wounding.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Spurned lover jailed for brutal stabbing – The Independent
“A spurned lover who repeatedly stabbed a mother-of-two a month after he was bailed following a previous assault on her was jailed for eight years today.”
The Independent, 25th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man who raped boy, 15, in Milton Keynes wood detained – BBC News
“A teenager from Milton Keynes who raped and beat a 15-year-old boy has been given an indeterminate sentence in a young offenders institution.”
BBC News, 13th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
